Mason&#39;s tool.



' G. GBUNDY.

Y MASONS TOOL.

I APPLIUATION IILED 14113.28, 1911.

Patented 0ct.17,1911.

Mom/meg layers of brick or preferably of .vided with centrally located oppositely disposed slots 8 and 4, in which a screw 5 seats to hold said members together.

GEQRGE GRUNDY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

MASONS TOOL.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it knownthat I, GEORGE GRUNDY, citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Masons Tools,

of which the following 1s a specification.

. This invention relates to improvements in a raking tool for masons and the object thereof is to provide a tool for uniformly raking out the mortar or cement joints between stone in masonry ,work.

lVith the above and other objects in view I have invented the tool illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved tool showing its appliance, Fig. 2 is a l0n gitudinal sectional View therethrough taken on line A-A of Fig. 4, Fig. 3 is a similar view taken in an adjusted position, and, Fig. 4: is a plan view thereof.

Referring to the accompanying drawing 1 and 2 are similarly formed members, formed sheet metal and being pro- The screw is held in place by a nut 6 and has a slotted head 7 The member 1 is provided with a right angular'portion 8 which projects into the slot 4 and snugly fits thereinto and is slidable thereon and the member 2 is provided witha similar right angular member 9 which is turned into the slot 3. These right angular members projecting into the slots disposed opposite thereto act to hold said members 1 and 2into perfect alinement with one another. The member 1 has a right angular portion 10 on one end thereof and the member 2 is provided with a right angular portion 11 on one end thereof, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 25, 1911.

. its opposite end,

Patented Get. 17, 1911.

Serial Nb. 617,463.

are made of any size to suit the thickness of the joints to be raked.- The other ends of saidmembers have their other ends 12 and 13 bent at a right angle thereto and then bent outwardly to "form gages 14.- and 15. which regulate the depth to which the raker may go into the joint between the masonry.

The tool may be readily adjusted by loosing screw 5 and will slide to any depth requ-ired making both ends the same depth.

' I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A masons tool consisting of a member having a scraper on one end and a gage on and a second similarly formed member slidably connected to sai first. member, said scraper on one member adapted to co-act with said gage on said other member.

2. A masons tool consisting of a pair of. similarly formed members, each having a raker on one of their ends and a gage on the opposite end, said member having oppositely disposed longitudinal slots, and a bolt passing therethrough to hold them together.

3. A masons tool consisting of a pair'of similarly formed members, each-having a' GEORGE GRUNDY.

' \Vitnesses:

JOHN J. MCCORMICK, JOHN M. DAVIES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ratontl.

' Washington, D. 0.

raker on one of their ends and a gage 

